Example sentences of "[art] [adj] and [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nightmare of conductive education is unachievable because nowhere in human history have the different been turned into the normal and neither medical science nor other rehabilitative techniques or educational Interventions can assist in this process . |
| 2 | Above were three correspondingly small bedrooms , two of which looked out on the narrow and often gloomy street . |
| 3 | In the seventeenth century the broad water of the Thames was used far more than the narrow and often bad roads for practical transport and festive occasions . |
| 4 | In the owner-occupied and privately rented housing sectors old people do not often have the means or the energy to make use of improvement grants . |
| 5 | ‘ We can not rely on virtue ; it is weak and equivocal , or hidden and unknown ; … we must thus take as our starting-point only the possible and even probable abuse of power , ’ wrote another two generations later . |
| 6 | This no doubt explains why historians writing about Scotland in Mary 's minority have tended to sound more shocked about the activities of the Scottish nobility than historians of other contemporary societies , and find it harder to reconcile the idea of ideological commitment with changes of the political and even religious heart produced by additions to the pocket . |
| 7 | To refer once again to the unpredicted and possibly counter-productive side effects of the legal reform movement , the effect on the ‘ rules ’ question has been at most unfortunate in the eyes of many basic grade staff . |
| 8 | Brought in by his friendship with Bobby was the tall and often silent Owen Wood who turned sixteen soon after he entered Camberwell in October 1945 . |
| 9 | Linking them together is one common elected purpose — the alluring and sometimes desperate hunt for a hidden hoard of holy relics . |
| 10 | Housed in the spacious and handsomely decorated galleries on the upper storey of the Institute , this collection ranks among the finest of its size anywhere in the world . |
| 11 | Peter Dennis attaches rather more weight than seems wise to the embittered and somewhat impressionistic recollections of General Christison , but his account of events is balanced and fair . |
| 12 | The extensive and widely approved report from Lord Justice Woolf said nothing about introducing an offence of prison mutiny . |
| 13 | While appreciating the sophistication and fluidity of de Gaulle 's conceptions , one can not overlook the extreme reactions they provoked at the time or the extensive and mostly critical academic literature that has grown up around them since then . |
| 14 | Normand undertook the bulk of the extensive and often tedious calculations ( which Dobson detested ) produced by all this work . |
| 15 | The main gap in the theoretical analysis in both cases is any consideration of whether or when there is likely to be a divergence between the private and socially desirable directions of vertical integration for contractual reasons . |
| 16 | This would enhance the authority of international law because of the inherent and self-evidently moral qualities of such an impartial legal process ; the ‘ bindingness ’ of international law would be increased because the aims of the enterprise — the peaceful resolution of international conflicts — would be assumed to be universally desirable . |
| 17 | They become the parent , the patient the helpless and often frightened child . |
| 18 | I suggest that the Labour and particularly Liberal feel , think very carefully about the quality of service that is provided by this county er council cos at the moment there is neither justice or equity in it . |
| 19 | Secondly , ensuring the disadvantaged and less powerful are not excluded and are given a chance to express views by such methods as public inquiry techniques , workshops , seminars , and local opinion polls . |
| 20 | I greatly enjoy sitting down on a Thursday evening to compile a list of all the pleasant and even unpleasant things I have to do , and then luxuriate in my sense of achievement on the following Sunday evening when every item on the list is ticked off . |
| 21 | The success of this greatly appreciated service must in a great measure be due to the pleasant and most helpful personality of the librarian . |
| 22 | The extent of the childlike and almost filial loyalty felt by the ordinary man everywhere towards his ruler , the great fund of emotion of this sort upon which a monarch could still draw , are clearly seen in France in the crisis of 1789 . |
| 23 | That Fiji won the main prize so easily led to something of an anti-climax , but that was hardly the fault of the organisers , though they were to blame for the scant and often inaccurate team information for public and press . |
| 24 | The mutilated and partly decompossed body was found on the 16th of July , on a rubbish dump near Lisbon and police there are 90 percent sure it 's the body of Mr Christensen . |
| 25 | Search can be made by post ( see explanatory leaflet published by the Registrar of Companies ) , by personal attendance or ( the preferable and more common method ) through your law agent . |
| 26 | But already , experts are working flat out to get rid of the annoying and potentially dangerous pests . |
| 27 | Although the research reviewed below indicates some of the approaches made to these problems many difficulties still remain , partly because of the rich and sometimes ambiguous nature of art itself but also because of the value that is placed upon the validity of individual response in these areas . |
| 28 | A basic knowledge of oriental carpet design is essential , not only as an aid to identification , but also as an important means of gaining insight into the rich and infinitely varied religious and cultural heritage of the weavers themselves . |
| 29 | The mellifluous and mysteriously ventriloquial call of the cuckoo is a sign that spring has arrived . |
| 30 | During this enforced week , even the faithful and normally encouraging Davidson wrote to tell him that ‘ Every mongrel is yapping , believing that a very tired fox has gone to ground at Chequers , with no fight left in him . ’ |